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A. H. DREUX PAPER Box Nov. 19, 1929.`

Filed April 9,A 1926 IN ENTOR. /waML/v W,

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v Patented Nov. 19u, 1929` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALEXANDER H. DREUX, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO F. N. BURT COMPANY,V LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA., A. CORPORATION OF ONTARIO, CANADA PAPER BOX Application led April 9, 1926. Serial No. 100,780.

This invention relates to boxes and box elements made of paper materials and, with respect to its more speclic features, to boxes for containing face powder and like material and having an inner drum in which the powder eiiiciently although permitting ready access thereto.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an ecient box of the character referred to having-a rangible cover and from which the cover may be torn or severed quickly and conveniently along a clean line of separation so as to leave the box in condition presenting a neat and attractive appearance.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a practical box of the character referred to to which a closure may readily be applied without danger of fracturing the rangible cover overlying the contents of the ox. v i

Other objects of the invention will be in part obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplilied in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, showing a box in perspective and partly in section, the thickness of some of the parts being exaggerated for the purpose whichbecome adhesively joined together, the opposlte edges of the body being subsequently lnwardly folded or crimped, to provide annular beads 2 and 3,'one of which beads is mturned suciently to provide an underlying surface 4 to assist in retaining a closure member. Within the cylindrical body 1 is a drum composed of the cylindrical llange 7 and-the head, or cover, 8, the head 8 being a readily tearable sheet of paper transversely disposed in the box and providing a frangible cover for the contents of the drum, such as face powder". The flange 7 may also be composed of a strip of paper coiled into a plurality of adhering plies into cylindrical form and closely iitting the interior of the body 1 between the beads 2 and 3. Also the drum may be glued to adhere to the body 1.

At the open end of the drum opposite the head 8, is a paper annulus, or ringlike member 9, which partly closes said end, and may be composed of two cardboard plates 10 andv 11 adhesively connected together. These plates abut the inner face of the body 1, and

underlie the .flange 7 and are held against said flange by the bead'or crimp 3. The inner plate 1() extends beyond the inner end of the plate 11 thereby providing a recessor groove orthe reception of a closure member 12, which latter may be a cardboard disk of a size to close the opening in the annulus 9 and be received in the recess on the seat provided by the member 10. rlhe closure 12 may be secured to the annulus 9 by glue or other suitable adhesive when secure attachment is desired.

rlhe numeral 13 indicates a second annulus which is disposed exteriorly of the drum and is seated on the drum in the region above the flange 7 One edge of the annulus, or ring 13, abuts the body 1 beneath the bead 2, the annulus 13 extending inwardly and projecting beyond the inner face of the flange 7 so as to overlie the marginal portion of the frangible head 8 which is not directly supported by the flange 7 In the embodiment illustrated the inwardly projecting portion 20, of the annulus 13 is adapted resiliently to coact with the bead 2 to retain therebetween a second closure member 14 .of the annulus 13, associated as provides a stiff, resilient member or -tearlng f dislike form, the edges of the disk bein vadapted to underlie the surface 4 of the bea and to abut said bead, when the closure member 14 is seated `on the projecting portion of the annulus 13. The projectin portion escribed,

lade, against the circular edge 15 of which the material of the head 8 ma be maniptact of its edge with the edge of plate 11.`

Inthis condition and with the closure 14 in place, the box may be shipped from the manufacturer to the filler. By removing the bottom closure 12, the drum may be filled with face powder, or any other material. Thereupon the closure 12 is securely Vglued in place to close and seal the bottom of the drum. In dispensing, the top closure 14 is lifted and removed by its tab 16, of cotton, silk, or the like, glued to the under face of the closure. After removed of closure s 14 the frangible cover 8 may be punched by the fingers, or slitted, or otherwise broken,

1whereupon eachof the broken cover parts may be pressed against the relatively thin edge 15 of the annulus 13 with a tearing movement, on grasping the free edges of the broken parts.' The result will be a clean tear against the annulus 13 as a tearing blade. Thus the entire ortion of the cover 8 within the circle em raced by the edge 15 may be easily and quickly yremoved with the production of a clean line of severance alon the edge 15, and maximum exposure o powder will thus be obtained. When the box is not in use the closure 14, which is sufficiently resilient, as provided by a flat disk of cardboard, is pressed orsnapped past the bead 2 onto its seat on the ring 13. The bead 2 may also yield somewhat to permit passage of closure 14 to and from its seat.l When in place the closure 14 will be supported on `the projecting portion of the ring 13 with the edge of the closure underlying the surface 4 of said bead, and in contact with said bead.

The ring, annulus or tearing blade 13, is gripped between the bead 2 and the drum an it will be seen, is above, or outside the the closure 14 from the cover 8, so thatin applying said closure, central {iexure there' of is not apt to injure the cover 8. The relatively thin paper cover 8 is glued to the sides of the flan e 7 as indicated at 17 and assumes stretche condition across the iange by contraction on dring. The ring 13lies inthe space between t e bead 2 and the drum, and the bead 2 cooperates to hold the ring closely against the'head, or cover 8, said bead lapping onto the outer face' of said ring. e

Thus by the construction described are accomplished among others, the .objects hereinbefore referred to.

Since certain changes may be made in the be interpreted as illustrative and not yin a limiting sense.

Having descr'ibed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A box including a body and an inner drum, the drum being open at one end and closed at the other end by a frangible sheet of paper, an annulus partly closing the open end of said drum, an annulus supported on said drum and exposing the central part of said sheet, the body of said 4box having a fold providing a bead which laps onto the outer face of the last mentioned annulus sheet.

s 2. A paper box having a transversely disposed sheet providing a frangible cover for the contents of the box, an annular tearing blade held in position outside said cover and through which said cover is accessible, the

body of said box being folded to provide a bead adapted to cooperate to hold said blade close tosaid cover, said blade being resiliently acting and extending inwardly to provide a seat for a closure member, and a removable, resilient, closure member supported by said seat, with its edge in contact with said bead, said blade being between said closure member and said cover adjacent the side f the box. v

In test `ony whereof I affix my signature.

ALEXANDER H, DREUX.

drum. It intervenes the bead 2 and the cover would result by pressure of the inner edge V of the bead 2 thereagainst, and it also spaces 

